Web 2.0 tools

Wiki's to look at:

http://web20learning.wikispaces.com/ A wiki from Pam Berger
WebTools4u2use
New tools workshop Developed and maintained by Joyce Valenza
http://techtipsyoucanuse.pbwiki.com/ Developed and maintained by Chris Bell Librarian at Castle View High School.
http://21stlearning.wikispaces.com/ Developed and maintained by Pam Berger.
http://kathyschrock.net/web20/ Kathy Schrock's website
http://www.diigo.com/list/kathyschrock/web20tools Kathy Schrock's diigo page about Web 2.0 tools.
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html OK it is really not a wiki, but the resources here are very extensive.
http://www.web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Web_2.0_Tools WOW this is a very extensive list of Web 2.0 tools.

Social Networking Sites:

Facebook; not accessible from DCSD
MySpace: not accessible from DCSD
http://www.foaf-project.org/ Friend of a Friend = FOAF
http://www.classroom20.com/ A social networking site for teachers.
http://twitter.com/ Lets members send texts, called tweets to other users.

Reader social networking sites:

http://www.shelfari.com/ Keep your reading lists on this site. Visit my shelfari page to see my shelf.
http://www.shelfari.com/o1517856882 My shelfari page.
http://www.goodreads.com/ Keep your reading lists on this site.
http://www.librarything.com/ Another social networking site for readers. Secondary only, terms of use specify 13 years of age or older.

Web 2.0 tools:

http://www.cueprompter.com/ acts as a teleprompter.
http://www.go2web20.net/ Web 2.0 directory - careful you could spend a day here.
http://lovelycharts.com/ similar to Inspiration or Kidspiration
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/Tour.html Takes given information and makes it into a visual presentation.
http://www.sliderocket.com/ a powerpoint like application.
http://www.slideshare.net/ powerpoint presentations that are downloaded to share.
http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ a highlighter for websites.
http://zamzar.com/ an online file conversion application
http://www.wordle.net/ an online word cloud application.
Some ideas of how to use Wordle in the classroom
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_157dpbsg9c5 Another Power point presentation with ideas.

http://www.teachertube.com/ Online video's to use for . . . . .
http://voicethread.com/#home Allows you or your class to record your project and add commentary.
http://drop.io/ Users can "drop" presentations to this site for private file sharing.
http://skype.com/ Simple voice and/or video over the internet.
http://skypeinschools.pbwiki.com/Want-Ads Want to find other classrooms to Skype with - well here is the place.
http://docs.google.com/templates?category=7&sort=hottest&view=public Great templates for teachers.
http://dictionary.reference.com/ An online dictionary.
http://www.siterapture.com/ Just when you thought that you have heard it all. Here is a site that rates other Web 2.0 sites. Hummm.
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ A online stopwatch or countdown clock.
http://www.diigo.com/ Highlight and place sticky notes on webpages.
http://ccmixter.org/ A music site that allows you to download and remix music all "legal" according to the website.
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ A site that allows you to download music, make sure to read the "Terms of use agreement" Free use for students if you follow guidelines.
http://www.jingproject.com/ Allows visuals to be added to online conversation.
http://keepvid.com/ A video download site.
http://shambles.net/web2/index.htm Lists a lot of web 2.0 website for you to visit.
http://www.simplybox.com/index/education Free service that can capture, organize anything on the web.
http://www.ratedcolleges.com/blog/2009/50-fabulous-web-tools-for-group-projects/ Check out these links.

Pathfinders:

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/index.html Quick guides to Websites, Books, Movies, and other selected resources.
http://springfieldpathfinders.wikispaces.com/ Springfield High School Library pathfinder home of Joyce Valenza.
http://www.shelfari.com/ This site you can list books that you have read, books you plan to read and post reviews of them.
http://www.goodreads.com/ An option for Shelfari.
www.rogersherr.dpsnc.net/ teams/pathfinders/ An example from Rodger-Herr Middle School

Bookmarking Sites:

http://delicious.com/ Use this site to keep all of your bookmarks
http://delicious.com/MMilius My delicious page (some of the same links are on this wiki)
http://edutagger.com/ A bookmarking site for educators.
http://www.diigo.com/introduce/home Another option for bookmarking.

Wiki development:

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Start a wiki here
http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki Another site to develop a free wiki.

Podcast sites:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Open source software to develop your own podcast. Includes sounds a pc alternative to GarageBand
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml#PodcastDirectories An article about podcasting and many examples.
http://www.epnweb.org/index.php The Educational Podcasting network has been developed by David Warlick has examples of many podcasts.
http://www.ted.com/talks (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is owned by the Sapling Foundation is a site where the great minds can post podcasts.
http://podomatic.com/ Create/share and find podcasts.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/index.html Podcasts from NASA with audio and video clips for you to use for developing your own Podcast.

Blog sites:

https://www.blogger.com/start Start a blog.
http://wordpress.com/ Start a more sophisticated blog.
http://www.bloglines.com/ Another option to start blogging.
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html Neat new stuff on the internet.
http://budtheteacher.com/blog/ A teacher from Saint Vrain School District in Colorado.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/book_whisperer/ Very insightful, I enjoy reading her blog.
http://lucyandethelinthelibrary.blogspot.com/2008/09/favorite-fun-websites.html Another Librarian's blog.
http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/ A blog by David Weinberger.
http://www.infosearcher.com/ Pam Berger's blog.
http://5greatbooks.wordpress.com/ Great lists of 5 great books by subject. NEW

http://picturebookday.wordpress.com/ Picture book of the day and linked to 6 Trait writing. NEW

Nings:

http://www.ning.com/ Start your own ning.
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/ A ning for Teacher Librarians.
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/group/coloradoschoollibrarians Part of the above ning but is for Colorado Librarians.
http://casl.wordpress.com/ Ning/wiki for Colorado Association of School Librarians.
http://www.classroom20.com/ For educators who are interested in collaborative Web 2.0 technologies.

Photo sharing/editing sites:

http://www.picnik.com/ a photo editing site.
http://picasa.google.com/ organize and edit photos
http://education.animoto.com/ takes your photo slide show and adds music to make a video.
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/ Huge posters from pictures up to 20 meters square! WOW!!
https://www.photoshop.com/ Just like Photo shop!
http://www.gimp.org/ Another option for photo editing.
http://www.paint.net/ Photo editing site.

Teacher sites:

http://yacapaca.com/ Create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios and more.
http://www.edutecher.net/links.php?cat=teacher A site that lists websites that you and your staff might find interesting.

Really simple sydication or Aggregator sites:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en&nui=1&service=reader&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader%2F
http://www.pageflakes.com/
http://www.netvibes.com/#General

Sites that I really like but have no category for, but I thought that they were interesting:

http://www.neoformix.com/ Check this site out.
http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/BigSmall/index.html Font fun
http://neoformix.com/Projects/portfolio/index.html More fun stuff to check out
http://digg.com/ A website where people submit news stories, video and images for people to vote on. High School level, some suggestive material.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ Informs readers of what is happening in the White House daily.
http://www.wyonewspapers.org/ Newspapers from Wyoming
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ Newspapers from around the US sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.NEW